Ch. 103

LAWS OF MARYLAND

CHAPTER 103

(House Bill 741)

AN ACT concerning

Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission -

Sediment Control Authority

MC/PG 8-87

FOR the purpose of specifying that the regulations of the
Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission (WSSC) concerning
erosion and sediment control apply to utility construction
work; repealing certain provisions relating to the exercise
of erosion and sediment control authority in Montgomery
County; requiring the soil conservation districts of
Montgomery and Prince George's counties to approve certain
erosion and sediment control requirements; and generally
relating to the WSSC's erosion and sediment control
regulations in Montgomery and Prince George's counties.

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,

Article - Natural Resources

Section 8-1104(c)

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1983 Replacement Volume and 1986 Supplement)

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That the Laws of Maryland read as follows:

Article - Natural Resources

8-1104.

(c) In Prince George's and Montgomery counties, the
Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission, after consultation with
and advice of the soil conservation districts of the two counties
and the Department of Natural Resources, shall prepare and adopt
rules and regulations for erosion and [siltation] SEDIMENT
control requirements for utility construction WORK. The rules
and regulations shall be adopted and enforced as are others of
the Commission under authority conferred by other laws. These
rules and regulations apply to any [contractor doing] UTILITY
CONSTRUCTION work [for the Washington Suburban Sanitary
Commission] IN PRINCE GEORGE'S AND MONTGOMERY COUNTIES. [Utility
construction may not be undertaken in Montgomery County until an
erosion and sediment control plan is submitted to and approved by
the Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission. After the county

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